Improvement in buttons



A. YOU'NG.'

BUTTONS.

Patented"Jan.18,1876.

N-FETERS, PHOTO-UTNOGRAPHER, WASHINGYDN. D (L UNITED STATES PATENTOEEIoE.

AUGUSTUS YOUNG, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

IMPROVEMENT INBUTTONS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 172,543, dated J annary18, 1876; application filed December 7, 1875.

To all rvhom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AUGUSTUS YOUNG, 0f the city of Newark, in the countyof Essex and State ofNew J ersey,have invented certain new and usefulimprovements in ll/Ianufacture of Shirt-Studs; and I do hereby declarethat the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof,which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appert-ains tomake and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,and to the letters of refer ence marked thereon, which form a partofthis specification.

This invention relates to that class of studs or buttons the shanks ofwhich are formed of coiled wire 5 and has for its object an improvedmethod of attaching and securing the crownpieces thereto when saidcrown-pieces are made of enamel or other plastic material.

The nature and character of my invention are fully illustrated in theaccompanyin g drawing, in which- Figures 1 and 3 represent the coiledwire prepared to receive the crownpiece or ornament; and Fig. 2 is aview, partially in section, representing said crown-piece or ornamentsecured in its position, as contemplated in my invention.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the severalfigures.

My invention consists, first, in having the outer end a of the coiledwire to project beyond the discoidal base I), as shown in Figs. 2 and 3;or, in lieu of the solid end a, a hollow or tubular post, a, as shown inFig. 1, may be substituted therefor, and answer the purpose equally aswell, and will be less expensive.

My invention consists, second, in forming the crown A of enamel when ina soft state around the post a or a, and upon the base I), after whichit is baked thereon perfectly hard, forming a solid mass, as shown,thereby makin g a very durable article at a trifling expense.

By letting the post project entirely through the enamel a pearl or otheradditional ornament may be secured or formed thereon. In cutting off theend of the post a or a care need not be taken to have it done smoothly,as, if the end be rough or slightly bent or the edge projecting, it willadd to the security of the crown-piece.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent of the United States,is--

1. The combination of the wire forming the stud-fastening a, discoidalbase b, and a pin projecting above the base into the crown, as setforth.

2. The mode described of securing the crowns in the manufacture ofshirt-studs by applying the material forming the crown while plastic toa pin projecting above the base 1) into the crown, and then hardeningthe said material, as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix hereto mysignature in presence of two witnesses.

I AUGUSTUS YOUNG.

Witnesses OLIVER DRAKE, E. B. COREY.

